1. Childhood leukaemia incidence below the age of 5 years near French nuclear power plants
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Denis Hémon, Jacqueline Clavel, Dominique Laurier, Radiobiologie et épidémiologie (DRPH/SRBE), Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), Epidémiologie environnementale des cancers, Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Secretariat, U754, and Service de RadioBiologie et d'Epidémiologie (IRSN/DRPH/SRBE)
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Range (biology) ,MESH: Leukemia, Radiation-Induced ,Article ,030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,hemic and lymphatic diseases ,Humans ,Medicine ,MESH: Incidence ,Waste Management and Disposal ,Leukemia, Radiation-Induced ,MESH: Humans ,business.industry ,Incidence ,Incidence (epidemiology) ,MESH: Infant, Newborn ,MESH: Child, Preschool ,Infant, Newborn ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Absolute risk reduction ,Infant ,food and beverages ,General Medicine ,Nuclear power ,MESH: Infant ,Infant newborn ,3. Good health ,Childhood leukaemia ,MESH: France ,[SDV.SPEE] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie ,Child, Preschool ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,MESH: Power Plants ,[SDV.SPEE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie ,France ,business ,Power Plants ,Demography - Abstract
A recent study indicated an excess risk of leukaemia among children under the age of 5 years living in the vicinity of nuclear power plants in Germany. We present herein results about the incidence of childhood leukaemia in the vicinity of nuclear power plants in France for the same age range. These results don’t indicate an excess risk of leukaemia in young children living near French nuclear power plants. Results currently available in France do not corroborate the observation of the German study.
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- 2008
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